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Utilization of Alcohol in Germinating Pea Seedlings

Nature volume 183, pages 1599–1600 (1959)Cite this article

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RECENT communications reporting a stimulation of growth in algae1,2 and in seedlings3 caused by added ethanol solutions have prompted us to report our findings of the ability of pea seedlings to oxidize alcohol which had accumulated under anaerobic conditions.

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  1. Department of Botany and Zoology, Chelsea College of Science and Technology, London, S.W.3.

    E. A. COSSINS & E. R. TURNER

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COSSINS, E., TURNER, E. Utilization of Alcohol in Germinating Pea Seedlings. Nature 183, 1599–1600 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1831599a0

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